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Annual Report to Congress: The Military Power of the People's Republic
"This report outlines what we know of China's national and military strategies, progress and trends in its military modernization, and their implications for regional security and stability. But, secrecy envelops most aspects of Chinese security affairs. ... Hence, the findings and conclusions are based on incomplete data. These gaps are, of necessity, bridged by informed judgment."From the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense. Opens directly into a PDF document. Obesity in America
Interactive map of the U.S., showing the percentage of obese people in each state for 1985-2004. Also includes related articles such as "Is Your State Overweight?"and "Turning the Tide on America's Obesity Epidemic,"and a four-part series about weight loss and fitness. From MSN Health &Fitness. The Snarky ViceSquad Is Ready to Be Taken Seriously. Seriousl
VBS.tv, a new web-based TV channel created by the scruffy misanthropes behind Vicemagazine, is elbowing its way into the crowded young industry of internet television. All the players are looking for an audience for original online video, and VBS.tv editors are using the jaundiced worldview of their street-culture rag to inform their coverage of global events. Pneumonia Leads List Of Causes Of Hospital Re-admissions After Stroke
More hospital re-admissions after stroke are for pneumonia or for heart disease than for another stroke, according to a new study. This finding may alter the standard medical management of post-stroke patients. Shorter Distance On Six-minute Walk Test Points Up A Greater Risk Of D
For idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients awaiting lung transplantation, a simple walk test can predict mortality rates. A new study found that individuals with IPF who cover less than 680 feet during the six-minute test are four times more likely to die than those who can walk greater distances. Apocalypto: Myths and Facts
Mel Gibson's Mayan action flick is about as true to human history as Lord of the Rings is -- only without the orcs. In Table of Malcontents. Messenger: Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Rangi
Information about the "NASA Discovery mission to conduct this orbital study of the innermost planet."Messenger launched in August 2004. It should be "in position to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011."The site provides a FAQ, an overview of the mission, status reports, facts about the planet Mercury, information for students and teachers, related links, and more. From John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). JFK Video: The Dallas Tapes
This website is "a project to share historic video that aired on Channel 4 [in Dallas] after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The video includes exclusive television coverage -- most from the KRLD-TV/KDFW Collection at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza."Includes video of Kennedy's arrival in Texas on November 22, 1963, Kennedy's breakfast speech in Fort Worth, Lee Harvey Oswald's death on November 24, and more. Old Mystery Solved, Revealing Origin Of Regulatory T Cells That 'Polic
More than 150 years after the discovery of Hassall's corpuscles in 1849, the function of these round blobs of cells in the human thymus gland has now been explained. The answer, in turn, ends an intense hunt for the origin of regulatory T cells that has been under way for years.
Australian Geologists Date World's Oldest Discovered Open Caves At 340
Cave-dating research published by Australian geologists has found that the Jenolan Caves, in central NSW, are the world's oldest discovered open caves. The scientists have shown that the limestone caves, which attract thousands of tourists each year, date back more than 340 million years.
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